Intentions to Marry, 1914 Auckland, Taranaki

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840454, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1914 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1914a), Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1914b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1914c).

Page 032

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar Thomas Culpan

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

161

11 February 1914

John Sydney Coster
Winifred Dagmar Clayden

John Sydney Coster
Winifred Dagmar Clayden
💍 1914/6657

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
13 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden

14/459

11 February 1914

Rev. G. J. McFarland

No	161
Date of Notice	11 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Sydney Coster	Winifred Dagmar Clayden
	💍 1914/6657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	13 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mt. Eden
Folio	14/459
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. J. McFarland

162

11 February 1914

John Alexander Goldsbro
Ada Ann Fuller

John Alexander Goldsbro
Ada Ann Fuller
💍 1914/6732

Widower
Spinster

Tramway Conductor

35
33

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
1 year

Residence of Bridegroom, Auckland Road, Onehunga

14/588

11 February 1914

Rev. D. D. Scott

No	162
Date of Notice	11 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alexander Goldsbro	Ada Ann Fuller
	💍 1914/6732
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Tramway Conductor
Age	35	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Bridegroom, Auckland Road, Onehunga
Folio	14/588
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. D. Scott

163

11 February 1914

Albert Ferdinand George Rambaud
Alice Elizabeth Powell

Albert Ferdinand George Ramband
Alice Elizabeth Powell
💍 1914/6744

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Linesman

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

Life
5 years

St. Michael and All Angels Church, Baywater

14/599

11 February 1914

Rev. F. W. Young

No	163
Date of Notice	11 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Ferdinand George Rambaud	Alice Elizabeth Powell
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Ferdinand George Ramband	Alice Elizabeth Powell
	💍 1914/6744
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Linesman
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	Life	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Michael and All Angels Church, Baywater
Folio	14/599
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Young

164

11 February 1914

Herbert Richard Kemp
Evelyn Wareham Kidd

Herbert Richard Kemp
Evelyn Wareham Kidd
💍 1914/6650

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
6 weeks

St. Aidan's Church, Remuera

14/427

11 February 1914

Rev. J. Wilkinson

No	164
Date of Notice	11 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Richard Kemp	Evelyn Wareham Kidd
	💍 1914/6650
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Aidan's Church, Remuera
Folio	14/427
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkinson

165

11 February 1914

Richard Henry McVeigh
Ellen Meyers

Richard Henry McVeigh
Ellen Meyers
💍 1914/451

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
22

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
5 years

Registrar's Office

14/142

11 February 1914

Registrar

No	165
Date of Notice	11 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry McVeigh	Ellen Meyers
	💍 1914/451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	14/142
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar

166

11 February 1914

Hubert Oxley
Amelia Beatrice Benjamin

Hubert Oxley
Amelia Beatrice Benjamin
💍 1914/6772

Bachelor
Spinster

Waiter

31
30

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
29 years

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

14/604

11 February 1914

Rev. A. Richards

No	166
Date of Notice	11 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Oxley	Amelia Beatrice Benjamin
	💍 1914/6772
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waiter
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	14/604
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Richards

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).